Mac and I talked a few days ago about how rad it would be, and how we wished more cities (including resort towns) banded together to have more bike share systems like Paris. Rather timely to our conversation I came across this hip New York City ad campaign designed by Mother New York about the BikeNYC.org initiative (see the rest of the designs -- they are really funny)! Do you have or use a bike system near you? What do you think about this concept? Maybe it works better in some places better than others?

I live in Ottawa - a lovely but unadventurous city. But our newish Bixi bike program seems to be going well. https://capital.bixi.com . Lots of tourists use them for sure, not sure if the take up among residents is equally strong. They added more to the fleet this year, so I assume it is here to stay. We have a ton of bike commuters also.

Minneapolis has an amazing bike share program called nice ride. We are lucky to have so many bike designated trails, streets and lanes that it makes navigating the city on bike really easy. If i didn't LOVE my bike I would subscribe to bike share in a second! Plus it's a fun social outing. Seeing a city on bike is a great adventure!